| Season | 1987–88 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 31 July 1987 – 21 May 1988 |
| Champions | Werder Bremen 2nd Bundesliga title 2ndGerman title |
| Relegated | FC Homburg FC Schalke 04 |
| European Cup | SV Werder Bremen |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| UEFA Cup | FC Bayern Munich 1. FC Köln VfB Stuttgart 1. FC Nürnberg Bayer 04 Leverkusen (title holders) |
| Goals | 945 |
| Average goals/game | 3.09 |
| Top goalscorer | Jürgen Klinsmann (19) |
| Biggest home win | FC Bayern 8–1Schalke 04 (9 April 1988) |
| Biggest away win | Hamburg 0–4Karlsruhe (26 August 1987) Homburg 0–4Nürnberg (5 September 1987) |
| Highest scoring | M'gladbach 8–2Hamburg (10 goals) (26 September 1987) |
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The1987–88 Bundesliga was the 25th season of theBundesliga, the premier football league inWest Germany. It began on 31 July 1987[1] and ended on 21 May 1988.[2]FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined bygoal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to2. Bundesliga. The third-to-last team had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off against the third-placed team from 2. Bundesliga.
Fortuna Düsseldorf andSpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin were directly relegated to the2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced byHannover 96 andKarlsruher SC. Relegation/promotion play-off participantFC Homburg won on aggregate againstFC St. Pauli and thus retained their Bundesliga status.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Werder Bremen(C) | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 61 | 22 | +39 | 52 | Qualification toEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 83 | 45 | +38 | 48 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round[a] |
| 3 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 48 | |
| 4 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 69 | 49 | +20 | 40 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 37 | |
| 6 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 63 | 68 | −5 | 37 | |
| 7 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 33 | |
| 8 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 32 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round[a] |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 31 | Qualification toCup Winners' Cup first round |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 31 | |
| 11 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 59 | 61 | −2 | 31 | |
| 12 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 30 | |
| 13 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 29 | |
| 14 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 29 | |
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 29 | |
| 16 | Waldhof Mannheim(O) | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 28 | Qualification torelegation play-offs |
| 17 | FC 08 Homburg(R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 70 | −33 | 24 | Relegation to2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Schalke 04(R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 48 | 84 | −36 | 23 |
| Home \ Away | BOC | SVW | BVB | SGE | HSV | H96 | HOM | FCK | KSC | KOE | B04 | WMA | BMG | FCB | FCN | S04 | VFB | B05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VfL Bochum | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–4 |
| Werder Bremen | 0–0 | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Hamburger SV | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | — | 3–3 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Hannover 96 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 |
| FC Homburg | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Karlsruher SC | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| 1. FC Köln | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 8–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Bayern Munich | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Schalke 04 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | — | 3–4 | 2–1 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–3 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 2–5 | — |
SV Waldhof Mannheim and third-placed2. Bundesliga teamSV Darmstadt 98 had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. After a two-leg series, both teams were tied 4–4 on aggregate, so a deciding third match had to be scheduled. Mannheim won this match in apenalty shootout and retained their Bundesliga status.
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 3–2 | SV Waldhof Mannheim |
|---|---|---|
| Gutzler Posniak Gu | [4] | Tsionanis Bührer |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 2–1 | SV Darmstadt 98 |
|---|---|---|
| Schön Lux | Report link (in German) | Kuhl |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | SV Darmstadt 98 |
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| Report link (in German) | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Lux Bockenfeld Bührer Trieb Cvetković Quaisser Klotz | 5–4 | |
| SV Werder Bremen |
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| Goalkeepers:Oliver Reck (32);Dieter Burdenski (3). Defenders:Gunnar Sauer (33 / 2);Ulrich Borowka (31 / 1);Rune Bratseth Manager:Otto Rehhagel. On the roster but have not played in a league game: none. |